Deborah (Dorsey) LaRue (1777 - 1866)

Born 1777 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh McElroy Jr — married 21 Oct 1797 in Washington County, Kentucky, United States

Wife of John Welch — married 9 Mar 1815 in Washington Co., Kentucky

Wife of Jacob LaRue II — married 26 Mar 1826 in Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 1866 at about age 89 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Deborah Dorsey was born in 1777. According to the Mather genealogy of the LaRues, Deborah was the 2nd great granddaughter of Edward Dorsey I. She first married Hugh McElroy (son of Hugh and Esther Irvine McElroy per ' The Scotch-Irish McElroys), then John Welsh, and then (the 2nd wife of) Jacob LaRue II (and confirmed in Mather history of LaRues). The LaRue marriage is confirmed for 1797 in the Kentucky County Marriage Records database. She signed an indenture for her father's land as Deborah Welch, 19 Feb 1825, Washington Co KY. She passed away in 1866. (This Wikitree profile was originally created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010, and substantially modified since then.)

Sources

• She gave her age as 70 in the 1850 census, and her gravestone says she was born in 1777: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105556863/deborah-dorsey-larue
• 1797 in Kentucky Marriage Records database (to Hugh McElroy).
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M657-DMG : 19 December 2020), Deborah Lame in household of Isaac Rudley, Hardin, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBQ-YND : 18 February 2021), Debora Lague in entry for Isaac Radley, 1860.
• Mather, Otis. Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families. Hodgenville or Louisville KY: C T Dearing Co, 1921. Page 60.
• McElroy, John M. The Scotch-Irish McElroys in America. Albany NY: Brandow Printing Co, 1901.

Marriage

Husband: John Welsh

Wife: Deborah Dorsey

Marriage:

Date: bef say 1813

User ID: C1F0FABC7E864B058ACDC6C20CBB1367DB64

Child: Susan Ann Welch

Child: Pamelia Jane Welch

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